| Public opinion on abortion in eight Mexican states amid opposition to legalization. | |
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PMID: 21972672 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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In opposition to Mexico City's legalization of first-trimester abortion, 17 Mexican states (53 percent) have introduced initiatives or reforms to ban abortion entirely, and other states have similar legislation pending. We conducted an opinion survey in eight states--four where constitutional amendments have already been approved and four with pending amendments. Using logistic regression analyses, we found that higher education, political party affiliation, and awareness of reforms/initiatives were significantly associated with support for the Mexico City law. Legal abortion was supported by a large proportion of respondents in cases of rape (45-70 percent), risk to a woman's life (55-71 percent), and risk to a woman's health (48-68 percent). A larger percentage of respondents favored the Mexico City law, which limits elective legal abortion to the first 12 weeks of gestation (32-54 percent), than elective abortion without regard to gestational limit (14-31 percent). |
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Jorge Valencia Rodríguez; Kate S Wilson; Claudia Díaz Olavarrieta; Sandra G García; Maria Luisa Sánchez Fuentes |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Studies in family planning Volume: 42 ISSN: 0039-3665 ISO Abbreviation: Stud Fam Plann Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-10-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7810364 Medline TA: Stud Fam Plann Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 191-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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J Population Council-Mexico, Morelos No. 21, Colonia Del Carmen Coyoacán, Mexico City 04100, Mexico. |
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